How common is the surname Jessop?

3,965 people in the United States had the surname Jessop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. It ranked 8,348th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jessop?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jessop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jessop?

William Jessop, British civil engineer (1745-1814), followed by Bob Jessop.

Where is the surname Jessop most common?

Wikidata records people named Jessop in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Jessop getting more or less common?

More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,965 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Jessop

A surname, carried by 3,965 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jessop is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,965 people named Jessop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,810.

#8,348

rank among US surnames

3,965

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+41.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,483)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,341	Eskridge	3,969	77,789
#8,342	Wadley	3,968	77,809
#8,345	Graybill	3,967	77,828
#8,348	Jessop	3,965	77,868
#8,350	Despain	3,964	77,887
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907

Who is named Jessop

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Jessop identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jessops

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Jessop
British civil engineer (1745-1814)
Bob Jessop
British academic, born 1946

Notable Jessops come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jessop

Jessup

Jessop has the Soundex code J210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J210.

Questions

How common is the surname Jessop?: 3,965 people in the United States had the surname Jessop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. It ranked 8,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jessop?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jessop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jessop?: William Jessop, British civil engineer (1745-1814), followed by Bob Jessop.
Where is the surname Jessop most common?: Wikidata records people named Jessop in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Jessop getting more or less common?: More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,965 in 2010, up 41%.